By Gift ChapiOdekina, Abuja ABUJA — The House of Representatives has intensified efforts to tackle illegal mining, insecurity and illicit financial flows in Nigeria’s extractive sector, warning that unchecked exploitation of mineral resources is depriving the country of huge revenues and threatening national security. Chairman of the House Ad Hoc Committee on Mineral Exploitation, Security […]

By Luminous Jannamike ABUJA — National Chairman of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Senator David Mark, has called for urgent and decisive action to end renewed killings in Benue and Plateau states, saying Nigerians need concrete measures rather than repeated assurances. Mark spoke on Monday following reports of attacks that claimed about 16 lives in […]

By Golok Nanmwa JOS — Troops of Sector 7, Operation Enduring Peace, have intercepted six suspected terrorists’ logistics suppliers along the Samaru checkpoint in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State, recovering seven firearms and arresting the suspects. The suspects were intercepted during a stop-and-search operation at about 9:40 a.m. on Monday while travelling […]

“Mr. Michael was killed on the second day, while Deacon was killed on the first Sunday in June. They killed them purposely because they felt that would force the government to give them whatever they wanted,” she said.

By Omeiza Ajayi ABUJA: The Youth Wing of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC has declared that the era of “Up NEPA” — the popular Nigerian expression marking the sudden, unpredictable return of electricity after outages — must become a thing of the past, pledging its commitment to President Bola Tinubu’s renewable energy agenda and […]